What are you doing with your "unwanted" embryos?

[SoFullofHope]

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[nuthinbutpink]

First, there is no guarantee that you will have any extra embryos. A benefit of full testing is that you do not end up freezing a lot of embryos unnecessarily.

You may end up with one or two at most. I am not aware of any real funding for research purposes right now. Most discard them and some donate them and I am sure freeze indefinitely.

[atomic sagebrush]

This is one of those "cross that bridge when you come to it" questions because so many people end up not even having enough to transfer, let alone having to make this decision.

[hopetoswaypink]

My husband won't do HT because of this. I think a girl diet can help you get more xx's but I'm not sure...

[ever hopeful]

Sadly, diet makes no different whatsoever when doing HT with regards to more XX - change in diet can certainly improve quality though. When going into HT, I really think you need to concentrate and hope you will get a healthy embie of your desired gender and it will work, rather than worrying about what to do with any left over ones. Really good luck x

[SoFullofHope]

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[atomic sagebrush]

Sadly, diet makes no different whatsoever when doing HT with regards to more XX - change in diet can certainly improve quality though. When going into HT, I really think you need to concentrate and hope you will get a healthy embie of your desired gender and it will work, rather than worrying about what to do with any left over ones. Really good luck x

Yes please please no one follow a swaying diet when going HT. I have a diet I designed for people who are sitting on the fence between the two but anyone who is decided on doing IVF needs to follow a lower carb, higher protein diet (but NOT super low carb!! Most still need some carbs in their diet for optimal fertility!!) such as South Beach, the Zone, or my personal fave Perfect Health Diet.

[EVERAFTER]

I am completely torn on the high-tech because of this exact conundrum of what to do should there be remaining embryos if we have a successful transfer of a girl… There's so much guilt associated with this process after having a beautiful healthy baby boy, but still having an ache in my soul to have a daughter. We have consulted at an IVF clinic and often I am leaning towards going forward with it even though it means months of medication potential heartache, potential losses, potential relationships drain all because of my desire for a daughter. Having to make a decision on what to do with the remaining embryos is just almost heartbreaking to think about… all of this just for my baby girl? It seems hard to justify all of this. We only have one more shot for a child I know I love my son. I know I would love another son. But will I ever get over my desire for a daughter?


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[BrightSky]

It is such a personal decision.. I think that we would all cherish and love any child made of our body.. BUT if you have made the choice to go high tech you need to accept that fertilised embryos will be created, and you may not get the chance to implant all of them (of course we are all hopeful we will implant at least one!) it's getting into some pretty heavy territory.. what u consider the start of 'life' ..

[SoFullofHope]

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